Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together
- to type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc)
- to show off one's ability; to boast one's merits
- remember at all costs
- (military) to go off to war; (sports) to compete
- lit. real swords and spears (idiom); fig. very much for real; genuine
- to establish; to fix; to settle
- etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
- Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 澳[Ao4])
- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- computer chip; microchip
- shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points
- subjective
- (neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观[shi4 jie4 guan1]), view of life (人生觀|人生观[ren2 sheng1 guan1]) and value system (價值觀|价值观[jia4 zhi2 guan1])
- 单子 dān zi: 单子 dan1 zi5: list of items; bill; form; bedsheet单子 dān zǐ: 单子 dan1 zi3: the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad
- plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest
- 揣 chuài: 揣 chuai4: used in 囊揣[nang1 chuai4]; used in 掙揣|挣揣[zheng4 chuai4]揣 chuāi: 揣 chuai1: to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuai3]揣 chuǎi: 揣 chuai3: to estimate; to guess; to figure; to surmise
- to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
- invaluable; priceless
- to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
- to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted
- homosexuality; gay person; gay love
- small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
- extremely expensive; sky-high price
- seller
- an undergarment covering chest and abdomen
- to go for a stroll
- to rent
- punctual